| What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories Contributor(s): Arimah, Lesley Nneka (Author) |
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ISBN: 0735211035 ISBN-13: 9780735211032 Publisher: Riverhead Books OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Magical Realism - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club Pick A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE WINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In The Future Looks Good, three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in Light, a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to fix the equation of a person - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her. |